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Berberine

CHEBI:CHEBI_16118

Chemical Information

Molecular Formula
C20H18NO4
Molecular Mass
336.36126
Charge
+1
SMILES
COc1ccc2cc3-c4cc5OCOc5cc4CC[n+]3cc2c1OC
InChI
InChI=1S/C20H18NO4/c1-22-17-4-3-12-7-16-14-9-19-18(24-11-25-19)8-13(14)5-6-21(16)10-15(12)20(17)23-2/h3-4,7-10H,5-6,11H2,1-2H3/q+1
InChIKey
YBHILYKTIRIUTE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Alternative Names

  • 5,6-dihydro-9,10-dimethoxy-1,3-benzodioxolo[5,6-a]benzo[g]quinolizinium
  • 7,8,13,13a-tetradehydro-9,10-dimethoxy-2,3-[methylenebis(oxy)]berbinium
  • 9,10-dimethoxy-2,3-(methylenedioxy)-7,8,13,13a-tetradehydroberbinium
  • 9,10-dimethoxy-5,6-dihydro[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquino[3,2-a]isoquinolin-7-ium
  • Berberin
  • berberine
  • Berberine
  • BERBERINE
  • Umbellatine

Drug Classification

Important Medical Information

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Additional Identifiers

core#notation
CHEBI:16118
DRON_00010000
1437
oboInOwl#hasDbXref
Wikipedia:Berberine

Additional References

Wikipedia:Berberine

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Additional Attributes

core#notation
CHEBI:16118
has_treatment
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0014667
rdf-schema#domain
https://w3id.org/def/predibionto#has_side_effect7439
owl#annotatedSource
t123425
owl#someValuesFrom
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oboInOwl#hasOBONamespace
chebi_ontology
DRON_00010000
1437
oboInOwl#hasDbXref
Wikipedia:Berberine
oboInOwl#hasAlternativeId
CHEBI:41098
oboInOwl#id
CHEBI:16118
RO_0000087
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_77115
oboInOwl#inSubset
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR
22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class